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    Seekoei River Estuary (34052454)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 502468
    Compiler 301
    Location code 34052454Seekoei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2012-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:00
    End time 08:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 796
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Some birds like the Sacred Ibis were counted on the adjacent wetland which is new after heavy rains.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		160
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		560
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		620
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		470
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		160
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		160
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		210
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		150
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		720
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		280
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		120
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1460
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		220
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		130
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		240
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		440
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		350
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		300
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20Confirmed Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150


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    Tuesday 23 April 2024 08:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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